1 Kings · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Kings 12 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Roboam fue a Siquem, donde todo Israel se había reunido para nombrarlo rey.
1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, oyó la noticia en Egipto, donde vivía después de huir de Salomón. Regresó a su ciudad de Sereda, en la región montañosa de Efraín.
2 When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt;
3 Los israelitas fueron con él ante Roboam y le dijeron:
3 and they sent and called him), Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
4 «Tu padre nos impuso una carga muy pesada. Alivia el trabajo duro y las exigencias que nos impuso, y te serviremos».
4 “Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
5 Roboam respondió: «Vuelvan dentro de tres días». El pueblo se fue.
5 He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.
6 El rey consultó a los ancianos que habían aconsejado a su padre Salomón cuando vivía: «¿Qué respuesta debo dar a este pueblo?».
6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to answer these people?”
7 Ellos le dijeron: «Si hoy te pones al servicio de este pueblo, los atiendes y les respondes con bondad, te servirán siempre».
7 They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”
8 Pero Roboam no siguió el consejo de los ancianos. Consultó a los jóvenes que habían crecido con él y ahora lo servían.
8 But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
9 Les preguntó: «¿Qué respondo al pueblo que me pide que alivie la carga que mi padre le impuso?».
9 He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
10 Los jóvenes le aconsejaron: «Diles: “Mi dedo meñique es más grueso que la cintura de mi padre.
10 The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’—tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 Mi padre les impuso una carga pesada; yo la haré aún más pesada. Mi padre los castigó con látigos; yo lo haré con látigos de puntas”».
11 Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
12 Al tercer día, Jeroboam y todo el pueblo volvieron a Roboam, tal como el rey les había ordenado.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
13 El rey les respondió con dureza. Rechazó el consejo de los ancianos
13 The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
14 y siguió el de los jóvenes: «Mi padre les impuso una carga pesada; yo la haré aún más pesada. Mi padre los castigó con látigos; yo lo haré con látigos de puntas».
14 and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
15 El rey no escuchó al pueblo. Así el Señor hizo que se cumpliera lo que había dicho por medio de Ahías, de Silo, a Jeroboam hijo de Nabat.
15 So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 Cuando los israelitas vieron que el rey no los escuchaba, respondieron: «¿Qué tenemos que ver con David? ¡No recibiremos nada del hijo de Isaí! ¡Israel, vuelva cada uno a su casa! ¡David, ocúpate de tu propia familia!». Y los israelitas regresaron a sus casas.
16 When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
17 Pero Roboam siguió reinando sobre los israelitas que vivían en las ciudades de Judá.
17 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 El rey envió a Adoniram, encargado de los trabajos forzados, pero los israelitas lo apedrearon hasta matarlo. Roboam subió de prisa a su carro y huyó a Jerusalén.
18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 Así Israel se rebeló contra la familia de David, y la separación continúa hasta hoy.
19 So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
20 Cuando Israel supo que Jeroboam había regresado, lo llamó a la asamblea y lo hizo rey sobre todo Israel. Solo Judá permaneció fiel a la familia de David.
20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
21 Roboam llegó a Jerusalén y reunió a ciento ochenta mil guerreros escogidos de Judá y Benjamín para luchar contra Israel y recuperar el reino.
21 When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22 Pero Dios habló a Semaías, el hombre de Dios:
22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 «Dile a Roboam, hijo de Salomón y rey de Judá, y a todos los habitantes de Judá y Benjamín, así como al resto del pueblo:
23 “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
24 “El Señor dice: No salgan a luchar contra sus hermanos israelitas. Regrese cada uno a su casa, porque yo he dispuesto lo que sucedió”». Ellos obedecieron al Señor y regresaron a sus casas.
24 ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.”’” So they listened to Yahweh’s word, and returned and went their way, according to Yahweh’s word.
25 Jeroboam fortificó Siquem, en la región montañosa de Efraín, y vivió allí. Después fortificó Penuel.
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
26 Jeroboam pensó: «El reino podría volver a la familia de David.
26 Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
27 Si el pueblo sube a ofrecer sacrificios en el templo del Señor en Jerusalén, volverá a ser leal a Roboam, rey de Judá. Entonces me matarán y regresarán a él».
27 If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28 El rey pidió consejo e hizo dos becerros de oro. Le dijo al pueblo: «Ya han subido bastante a Jerusalén. ¡Israel, aquí están tus dioses, que te sacaron de Egipto!».
28 So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and behold your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
29 Puso uno en Betel y el otro en Dan.
29 He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
30 Esto llevó al pueblo a pecar: unos iban a adorar al becerro de Betel y otros al de Dan.
30 This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
31 Jeroboam construyó santuarios en los lugares altos y nombró sacerdotes de entre todo el pueblo, aunque no eran levitas.
31 He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
32 Instituyó una fiesta el día quince del octavo mes, semejante a la fiesta que se celebraba en Judá. En Betel ofreció sacrificios a los becerros que había hecho y puso allí a los sacerdotes de los lugares altos.
32 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
33 El día quince del octavo mes, fecha que él mismo había elegido, subió al altar que había construido en Betel. Instituyó la fiesta para Israel y quemó allí sus ofrendas.
33 He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Adoram
Listed in David's administration as the official in charge of the forced labor.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18
Ahijah
Prophet whose word to Jeroboam is fulfilled when Rehoboam rejects the people's plea; his prophecy is also a source for Solomon's acts.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 11:29; 1 Kings 12:15; 1 Kings 14:4
Jeroboam
An Ephraimite from Zeredah, son of Nebat, whom Solomon put over the labor force of the house of Joseph and whom Ahijah told he would rule ten tribes; he became king of Israel,…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 11:28; 1 Kings 12:20
Nebat
Named as the father of Jeroboam, first king of the northern kingdom; the sins of 'Jeroboam son of Nebat' become the standard for later kings of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 12:2; 1 Kings 16:3
Rehoboam
His harsh answer to the people split the kingdom of Israel in two.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 12; 14:21-31; 2 Chron. 10-12; Matt. 1:7
Shemaiah
Man of God who told Rehoboam not to fight Israel, later declared that Judah was forsaken into Shishak's hand and then brought word of deliverance when they humbled themselves; his…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:5
Places
Bethel
Bethel ('house of God') is usually identified with Beitin, north of Jerusalem (location approximate). Jacob's ladder vision and Jeroboam's calf shrine are set here.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 28:19; Genesis 12:8; 1 Kings 12:29
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 9:6; 2 Chronicles 10:1–19; Judges 9:1; Genesis 33:18–19; Joshua 24:32
- 2 1 Kings 11:40; 1 Kings 11:26–31; 2 Chronicles 10:2–3
- 4 1 Samuel 8:11–18; 1 Kings 4:7; Matthew 11:29–30; Matthew 23:4; 1 Kings 4:20–25
- 5 1 Kings 12:12
- 6 Job 32:7; Job 12:12; Proverbs 27:10; 2 Samuel 17:5; 1 Kings 4:2
- 7 Proverbs 15:1; Philippians 2:7–11; 2 Samuel 15:3–6; 2 Chronicles 10:6–7; Zechariah 1:13
- 8 Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 1:30; Proverbs 1:25; Proverbs 25:12; Ecclesiastes 10:2–3
- 9 2 Chronicles 18:5–7; 1 Kings 22:6–8; 2 Samuel 17:5–6; 2 Chronicles 10:9
- 10 2 Chronicles 10:10–11; Proverbs 29:23; 2 Samuel 17:7–13; Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 18:6–7
- 11 Ezekiel 2:6; Revelation 9:3–10; Exodus 5:18; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Jeremiah 27:11
- 12 1 Kings 12:5; 2 Chronicles 10:12–14
- 13 Ecclesiastes 10:12; Proverbs 18:23; James 3:17; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 10:32
- 14 1 Kings 12:10–11; Exodus 5:16–18; Exodus 5:5–9; Exodus 1:14; Esther 1:16–21
- 15 Judges 14:4; 1 Kings 12:24; 1 Kings 11:29–38; 2 Chronicles 25:20; Deuteronomy 2:30
- 16 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 22:36; Jeremiah 23:5–6; 1 Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 33:15–16
- 17 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 11:13; 2 Chronicles 10:17; 2 Chronicles 11:13–17
- 18 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:14; 2 Samuel 20:24; Acts 7:57–58; Proverbs 28:1–2
- 19 2 Kings 17:21; 2 Chronicles 10:19; 2 Chronicles 13:17; Joshua 4:9; 2 Chronicles 13:5–7
- 20 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 12:17; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Samuel 10:24
- 21 2 Chronicles 11:1–3; 2 Chronicles 14:8; 1 Chronicles 21:5; 2 Chronicles 17:14–19; Proverbs 21:30–31
- 22 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:5–7; 1 Kings 13:11; 1 Kings 13:1; 2 Kings 4:22
- 23 1 Kings 12:17
- 24 1 Kings 12:15; 2 Chronicles 11:4; Numbers 14:42; 1 Kings 11:29–38; 2 Chronicles 25:7–8
- 25 Judges 8:17; Judges 8:8; Judges 9:45–49; Genesis 32:30–31; Judges 9:1
- 26 Jeremiah 38:18–21; 2 Chronicles 20:20; John 12:19; Acts 4:16–17; Mark 2:6–8
- 27 Deuteronomy 16:6; Deuteronomy 12:14; Deuteronomy 12:5–7; Proverbs 29:25; 1 Kings 8:44
- 28 Exodus 32:4; Exodus 32:8; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Chronicles 11:15
- 29 Genesis 28:19; Judges 18:27–31; Deuteronomy 34:1; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 14:14
- 30 2 Kings 17:21; 1 Kings 13:34; 2 Kings 10:31
- 31 2 Chronicles 13:9; 1 Kings 13:32–33; 2 Kings 17:32; 2 Chronicles 11:14–15; Numbers 3:10
- 32 Numbers 29:12–40; Amos 7:10–13; 1 Kings 8:2; 1 Kings 8:5; Matthew 15:8–9
- 33 1 Kings 13:1; Numbers 15:39; 2 Chronicles 26:6; Matthew 15:6; Mark 7:13
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences